This site has lots of easy to read stories that focus on a particular vowel sound along with quizzes on the same vowel. There are 15 separate stories and quizzes in total for you to try. Happy reading!

This is a collection of 7 games for children learning to read in English. Not all the games are practical, but they are all fun! "All About Me" and "Tongue Twisters" are especially helpful for practicing reading and pronunciation.

Check out this fun directions game. Practice following instructions while completing a number of different challenges. Read the instructions carefully. Plot the shortest possible map routes between locations such as a park, school, café, swimming pool and skate park. Achieve the goals by clicking on sections of road and using the quickest possible route on the interactive map of the town.

Read about brothers Dan and Lee and learn how you COMPARE things that are alike, and CONTRAST things that are different. There are questions at the end of the book. If you have forgotten anything, click on the book symbol and go back to read again!

SymbolWorld is a website created specifically by using symbols to aid users read. It has material for all ages and includes news, personal contributions, stories and learning materials. It is easy to navigate and has the option to personalise the layout and colours to suit any reader’s needs.

This resource provides tidy, well-organized and concise Reading Exercises for Upper Elementary English language learners. Choose a story to practice your reading comprehension then click on a topic to see the lessons and exercises. For each story there are 3 exercises: Reading Comprehension Exercise, Re-creating the Story, and a Gap-Fill exercise.

This site has more reading comprehension passages for beginners to practice their reading skills. Each passage comes with an audio file to listen to while you read, as well as a list of key vocabulary, with definitions, and 3-4 comprehension exercises.

This site has lots of reading comprehension passages that are good for beginners to practice their reading skills. Each passage comes with an audio file to listen to while you read, as well as a list of key vocabulary, with definitions, and 3-4 comprehension exercises.

This is a fantastic interactive site! Read the colourful ebook about Jack, the boy who seems to get everything wrong - well almost! You can just read the text, or listen to the audio as well. You can highlight words and there are quizzes as you go along, so look out for the green face!

Win the rounds by reading three panels of a Garfield comic strip and putting them in the correct order. Once you have done this, then answer questions about the story to really test your reading comprehension skills.

Practice your reading skills as well as learn about Chinese New Year in London. There are dragon dances, acrobats, fireworks, and a parade. Read about what you can do to join in the excitement and test your reading skills with the exercises. There is a vocabulary preparation test as well.

This is a great audio book that tells you about all the different rides you will find in an amusement park. Click on the picture to hear the word repeated. Listen and read the information for each ride and decide which rides you want to would like to try.

A fun audio book to help you practice telling the time, as well as learning about the diferent time zones around the world. The boys are getting up to watch a World Cup Football match. Read the book to see what time it is in other countries.

This is a quick, multiple choice quiz to help you practise skimming and scanning texts. Skimming and scanning are very useful skills to have when you are wanting to find specific information quickly. Don't try and translate every single word, just use the information you need to answer the questions correctly!

This game is all about following instructions. Pick a character you would like to help, then read the 2 tasks they need doing. You will be given directions and you have to work out which location it is (A, B or C). Can you get them to where they need to go?

This audio book helps your practice your reading and listening skills, as well as testing your vocabulary knowledge. The topic is vegetables and you will listen to many different vegetables. See how many you already know!

Check out this non fiction book publishing game. Choose between a children’s book, news story and toy catalog page before designing an appropriate layout. You have to think about what style of title, text and picture suits the chosen theme while remembering whether you are trying to inform, advertise or report.

Choose a story to practice reading comprehension. Click on a topic to see the lessons and exercises, then Click on the lesson to begin. For each story there are 3 exercises: Reading Comprehension Exercise, Re-creating the Story, and Summarizing the Story: Gap-Fill exercise.

This site gives you practice with your reading skills, as well as pronouns, hobbies and geography! Read about the 4 children and answer the questions correctly about how old they are, where they live and what they like doing.

This exercise tests your scan reading skills. You have 2 minutes to read the text and answer the questions as quickly as possible. Remember, scan reading is about picking out the relevant bits of information as quickly as possible. Good luck!

This site is very easy to use, with +100 reading exercises. Each reading passage also has an audio file, a list of key vocabulary, and 3-4 exercises. For Cloze Exercises you re-read the passage and fill in the missing words. The Sentence Exercise asks you to rearrange words to make a correct sentence, and for Dictation you listen to the passage again and type out what you hear.

Reading and listening about Africa - its geography and people - for beginners with "there is" and "there are." Includes an audio file, transcript and questions to test your comprehension. A simple video allows you to see the words being pronounced, too.

A great interactive resource! Read the story book about the missing ice cream. Then go through the exercises to learn about the structure of a story including the characters, the setting and the plot line for the events of the story. You can use your understanding of these elements with anything you read or watch.

When reading it is important to be able to tell the difference between facts and ideas/opinions. Read this biography and learn about the baseball player Jackie Robinson. But can you tell the difference between facts and opinions within the writing? Go through the exercises and work out the real meaning for each statement.

This is a fantastic site where you can review a variety of skills and then practice the skills using the interactive activities. Skills covered are story elements, setting, chronological order, character traits, and theme.

This is a great resource that gives you practice in reading for context. Read the email from Grandma and work out who you think might have information to help her. Read through the notes and see what clues you get. Based on the clues, can you work out what happened to Grandma's hat?

In the UK, schools close for two weeks at Easter time. Read on to find out more about how Easter is celebrated in Britain. There are exercises at the end to test your reading comprehension and grammar skills too!

Read the story and then click on the activities for quizzes over various pages of the story. There are additional games also included for the story, such as vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar, and more.

This is a very interesting, detailed site where you are asked to become the historian to work out the true facts of the very first Thanksgiving in 1621. There is a glossary to check any vocabulary you don't know and audio to help you listen to the clues you are given to work out the real events of the day.

A really good game with fun graphics! Use hints from the word machine to help you find the correct words to label the products hidden inside the boxes. Look up the dictionary and think about which adjective, verb or noun best fits the clue.Search through the alphabet, complete the challenges and have fun!

Another great interactive quiz to test your understanding of the main idea of a paragraph. Read the paragraph and select the correct answer. You can also 'click' to find out why the answer is right (or wrong!)

How important is meat in your diet? Could you happily live without ever eating any meat? Read all about vegetarianism in the UK, then answer the comprehension questions and see how much you understood.

This is a fun story with activities to test your reading comprehension. Read the story and click on "Activities for this Book" for questions regarding the story and games on grammar, sentence structure, and more about the story.

How much do you love your mobile phone? Could you live without it? Find out what British teenagers, parents and teachers say about the subject by reading the article. Then, test your reading skills further by answering the comprehension questions.

This is a multiple choice test on Internet use around the world. Scan the text and then read the questions carefully and answer them correctly. Each statement will be true, false or not answered within the text.

Does your school have any problems with discipline? What happens when students step out of line? Read the article, then answer the comprehension questions at the end to test your reading and vocabulary skills.

You can make a prediction when you use clues from a story, together with what you know from your own experiences, to figure out what might happen next. Read each paragraph and make a prediction. Are you right?

Do you get confused when you read something in English? How can you learn reading comprehension? An online lesson about reading comprehension, when to use a dictionary and how to get the context or meaning of what you are reading.

Practice your reading comprehension skills with this interesting site about immigration to America. Read the 3 sections and then answer the multiple choice questions at the end. You can go back and review a section if you can't remember everything the first time!

St. Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. He was born in the fourth century and is famous for bringing Christianity into Ireland. Read about St. Patrick and listen to the transcript. Then practice your reading skills by answering the questions. This is another good site from the British Council.

The Hunger games is a popular book and an exciting new film. Read about the author and why she wrote the books. Then, work through the reading exercises to check your understanding. This is a fun way to test your reading skills.

Practice your reading skills with this British Council reading site, all about the very popular book, The Life of Pi, being made into a 3D film. There is a preparation exercise, as well as comprehension questions after the reading to test your understanding of the text

In the UK, Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes is celebrated on November 5th and the night skies are filled with colour. It's a special day in honour of a historic event. Improve your reading skills as you are learning about British culture.

It is important to know the order or sequence that events take place in a story. It helps you understand what you read. Work through the pages and learn how to figure out the sequence or order of a story.

The aim of these exercises is to find the correct spelling of the word in the blanks. Read the story and put in the correct spelling from the drop down box. Check your answers at the end and see how many you got right.

This resource will give you practice with your reading skills. Would you like to be a secret agent and work undercover? Do you think the job in reality would be similar to how it's shown in films? Read all about MI6 and then answer the reading comprehension questions.

Read the short story below. Then read each sentence and decide if it is part of the setting, plot or theme. Click on the word you think is correct. There is also an explanation of the answer as well to aid your understanding.

Are you interested in politics, or do you change the TV channel when politicians appear on the screen? Read about young people and politics in the UK today, then answer the questions below. This site will help improve your reading skills.

A good resource for Intermediate students to practice reading comprehension as well as revising a specific grammar point within the reading. For each story there are 2 exercises to do online (a Reading Comprehension Exercise and a Grammar Exercise, specific to that story). There is an additional Summary Exercise that you can do on your own.

Read the story about the Ancient Greeks, then answer the multiple choice questions to check your understanding. This activity will help improve your reading skills, as well as your knowledge of the Ancient Greeks.

This resource helps you practice your reading skills, in particular, sequencing in a story. Read the passage and the question that follows the passage. Then read the hint to help you think about how to answer the question.

This site lists 365 Intermediate-level short stories for students to practice reading comprehension skills. Each passage comes with an audio file to listen to while you read, as well as a list of key vocabulary, with definitions, and 4-5 comprehension exercises.

This game helps you to prepare for a natural disaster - flood, food shortage or earthquake. Gather up the clues and work out which natural disaster you are being warned about. Other levels teach you how best to prepare and what action to take if a natural disaster happens.

Free listenings for beginner, low-intermediate and intermediate English learners including downloadable mp3 files, printable scripts and listening comprehension. Includes many topics, like celebrities, nature, history and food. There are many topics about Spain and Spanish celebrities.

A fun reading exercise, all about St. Patrick's Day. Read the article and then answer the reading comprehension questions at the end. There is a list of key vocabulary for you to learn and check as well.

This page includes written explanations, videos and games about reading. These are advanced reading topics, like deducing information not explicitly stated in the writing, using the dictionary and poetry. If you're an advanced reader looking for a challenge, check out this site!

Practice and improve your reading skills for your school studies and your English exams. The activities are prepared for Council of Europe level B2 (Upper Intermediate). Click on Level B2 for a list of topics. Read both sides of the argument to help you decide and answer the comprehension questions to check your understanding of the text.

Could a meteorite collision really mean the end of life on Earth? Read this to find out what happens when small meteorites collide with Earth, and just how much damage a big one could do. Check your understanding with the multiple choice exercise, then practice your vocabulary with a gap-fill exercise.

Read about Mo and Terry and how they have fallen out. But should Mo tell a teacher about her friend's cheating? What would you do if you knew a friend was cheating in an exam? Would you tell a teacher? This is a good exercise to practice your reading skills, as well as making you think!

He was the greatest writer in the English language and is known around the world. But how much do you really know about William Shakespeare and his life? Use this site to learn about Shakespeare while you are practising your reading skills.

Do students in your country go directly to university or college after school or do they have a break first? If you were planning to take a gap year, how would you choose to spend your time? Practice your reading skills and learn about all the different ways to spend your time with this British Council reading resource.

Christmas in the UK is the biggest holiday of the year. Family gatherings, turkey, presents and parties are just some of the things that come to mind when we think about Christmas time. Read about this big holiday and do the reading comprehension exercises at the end to test your understanding.

In October many shop windows in Britain turn orange and black, with pumpkins, witches, broomsticks and cats. What do young people do to celebrate Halloween? Read this article to find out, then complete the exercises to further your reading skills.

A good resource for Upper Intermediate students to practice Reading Comprehension. There are a number of pre-reading exercises to review vocabulary understanding, as well as the main Reading Comprehension Exercise and further Practice Exercises.

Words are often shortened to make them easier to read or write. These are called abbreviations. Use this game to practice recognizing some of the common abbreviations you are likely to come across in reading and writing.

This page has a collection of written explanations and activities about topics in writing. Some topics are very basic, for beginners, like sentences and paragraphs. Other topics are for more advanced readers, like a detailed discussion on characters and literary vocabulary for discussing character development. Check out the topics to see if they will be of use to you!

This site offers a comprehensive interactive reading exercise for advanced English language learners. Students can read the entire passage (paragraphs 1-13) through completely to familiarize themselves with the "gist" of the text, or they can read in detail each section, one at a time, with the accompanying explanations and elaborations on the right side of each web page. There are 14 great quizzes, testing vocabulary as well as writing styles.

Newsweek is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S. Advanced students can access in-depth analysis, news and opinion about international issues, technology, business, culture and politics to practice and improve their reading and comprehension skills. Students can increase their international knowledge as well as expand their vocabulary and skills using authentic, daily reports and stories. Use in conjunction with the online Dictionaries to check any new word/s!

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, UK. This authentic English news site brings you the latest news from around the world. Advanced students can access stories to practice reading and comprehension skills, while increasing their vocabulary. Use in conjunction with the online Dictionaries to check any new word/s!

A great authentic resource for advanced students to practice reading and comprehension skills. The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper that covers a wide range of local, national and international stories. Increase your world knowledge at the same time as advancing your English reading skills and vocabulary! Use in conjunction with the online Dictionaries to check any new word/s!

If you're an advanced learner you'll want to know the tips and tricks in this new series of video lessons. This page is constantly updated with a new lesson about improving your reading ability. Pull up a chair and learn!

Reading Comprehension passages by MrNussbaum.com are interactive, informational reading texts and question sets designed to mirror state-mandated assessments. Choose from any of 173, all free for your unlimited use!

This site features 50 short reading passages aimed at more Advanced Ability levels (B2 - C2/ Upper Intermediate - Proficient). The short reading passages are an ideal way for advanced ESL students to prepare for the IELTS or TOEFL reading tests or just to brush up on their reading skills in general. There are 4 questions per passage and test students' reading comprehension, vocabulary level and grammar knowledge.

Visit this site to learn with the News and test your vocabulary at your own level. Find stories on current topics written for English learners Level One, Two and Three, and practice you reading and listening skills using authentic English resources.

This site has a selection of reading exercises to choose from including Easy stories, and It Happened to Me stories. Key words with each reading are in bold and you can click on them to see a full definition of the word. Most exercises also have quizzes at the end of the text to check your comprehension skills.